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A. L. KENDALL.

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A. LESLIE KENDALL, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO \VILLIAM STANLEY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,449, dated February28, 1888,

Application filed August 2, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, A. LESLIE KENDALL, a citizen ofthe United States,residing in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves,of which the following is a full and exact specification.

My invention relates especially to the tops and lids or covers ofstoves; and the object of my improvements is to provide for lifting thestove-covers. Heretofore this has been done by casting each stovecoverwith a depression or bowl in its upper surface, in which the lifter isinserted in order tolift the cover. The expense of forming thesedepressions and the loss caused by the blowing and scarring of thecovers in the process of casting, on account of the presence of thecores by means of which the depressions are formed, constitute a largepercentage of the cost of stove-covers. By means of my improvements Ientirely do away with these depressions in the covers and avoid theconsequent loss and expense in the manner hereinafter explained.

My invention consists, substantially, in casting in the top of the stoveand adjacent to each cover-opening one or more slots or depressions,whiclnwhen the cover is in position, extend under the cover and affordspace for the insertion of a lifter by means of which the cover may begrasped and moved. Such slots can be easily formed in casting the top byforming corresponding slots in the pattern, as will be readilyunderstood by those skilled in the art.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 shows aplan View of a portion of the top of a stove. Fig. 2 showsasection of acover and the adjacent parts of the stove-top with a lifter in posit-ionfor removing the cover, and Fig. 3 shows a lifter adapted for use withstoves made in the manner herein described.

The same letters of reference indicate similar parts in the severaldrawings.

A A are sections of the stove-top, and B B are covers which,when inposition on the stove, rest upon flanges e 8 around the cover-openingsin the stove-top.

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a a a are slots or depressions in the stovetop adjoining thecover-openings. These slots, as shown in Fig. 2, extend under the edgesof the covers B, and are made of such size and shape as to permit theinsertion of the coverlifter.

The covers B B are cast in the usual manner, except that the depressionfor receiving the lifter is omitted, so that the upper surface of eachcover is perfectly plain. In order to lift the covers thus made, I havedevised the cover-lifter 6, having fingers c c d, by means of which thecover is seized by its edge, the finger (1 being below and the fingers c0 above the cover, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2of the drawings. I have not claimed this lifter herein, but have made itthe subject of a separate application for Letters Patent.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art that any number of theslots or depressions a a a. may be formed in the stove-topin the processof casting without materially adding to its cost by simplyforruingcorresponding slots or depressions in the pattern. The slots may beplaced at such points in the circumference 7 of each cover-opening asmay be deemed most convenient, and the number of slots at each openingmay be made greater or less without departing from the nature of myinvention.

By means of my invention I not only mate- 8o rially reduce the cost ofmanufacture of stovecovers, but also lessen the tendency of the coversto crack when heated in using,while at the same time the appearance ofthe stove is improved by the substitution of the comparatively smallslots in the stove-top for the unsightly depressions heretofore made inthe covers.

I do not herein claim the stove-lid lifter shown and described, sincethat forms the sub- 0 ject-matter of a separate application for LettersPatent, Serial No. 256,213.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a stove cover or lid 5 and a stove-top providedwith a slot or slots adjacent to and extending under the cover,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of a stove-eover and a In testimony whereof I havehereunto substove-top provided with an opening for the scribed my namethis 28th"day of July, A. D. cover, and having in its upper surface aslot 1887.

or depression extending under and partially A. LESLIE KENDALL. 5overlapped by the cover when the latter is in Witnesses:

position on the cover-opening, substantially SANDS F. RANDALL,

as and. for the purposes set forth. A. J KENDALL.

